Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law invites applications for a

W1 Professorship for Macroeconomics and Labor Market Research
(Assistant Professor)

at the School of Business, Economics and Society. The professorship is to be filled by the earliest possible starting date for an initial period of three years. Upon successful evaluation, the appointment will be extended for another three years.

We seek to appoint a top early career scholar who will develop outstanding expertise in the field of macroeconomics and labor market research. The successful candidate is expected to have a high level of expertise in applied macroeconomic labor market theory and in applied macroeconometrics. Experience in the use of large labor market data sets and time series data for macroeconomics research is desirable.

The position is to be filled as part of a joint call for applications made by the University in conjunction with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency. For the duration of the assistant professorship, the successful candidate is expected to work as a research associate at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in the research department forecasts and macroeconomic analyses. For this purpose, the successful candidate’s working time at the University will be reduced to 50% of the regular working time. A separate employment contract for the remaining 50% of the working time will be concluded with IAB. Teaching hours will also be reduced by half due to the transfer of duties to IAB.

For further information and the application guideline please see
https://www.fau.eu/people/careers-human-resources/professorships/

Please submit your complete application documents (CV, list of publications, list of lectures and courses taught, copies of certificates and degrees, list of third-party funding) online at https://berufungen.fau.de by 14th of March 2021, addressed to the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law. Please contact the Vice Dean at wiso-sprecher@fau.de or Prof. Dr. Enzo Weber at Enzo.Weber@iab.de with any questions.

A further specification relevant to the position at IAB is available at: https://www.iab.de/de/ueberblick/mitarbeiter/stellenangebote.aspx.